Spring 2023

BREAKING BARRIERS, BUILDING CONFIDENCE: THE SPARK CAMPAIGN’S SUPPORT FOR INCLUSIVE LEARNING

The cornerstone of Park’s program is academic excellence, affirming high standards of scholarship while encouraging each child to develop to their greatest potential. The income from a $500,000 investment in Park’s endowment through The SPARK Campaign will support educational testing for students with learning differences. This fund ensures that economic barriers do not prevent Park families and educators from fully understanding a child’s learning profile and what they need to thrive. …

BE A SPARK: Dan Fu & Mandy Li P’33, ’31

Dan Fu & Mandy Li with their children Aria ’31, Lianna ’33, and Skylar. What do you love most about Park? We appreciate Park’s holistic approach with each child’s education. The School stands out in their dedication to academic excellence, diversity, and community building. We also value Park’s emphasis on STEAM subjects, which allow children to have practical, hands-on experiences. Our daughter, Aria, is a curious child and we are…

SPARK CO-CHAIR CORNER: SPRING 2023

SPARK Co-chairs Jamie and Ashley Harmon and their children, Hazel ’26 and Hugh ’28. THANK YOU to all the Park families that did so much to make this a great year for The SPARK Campaign! We focused on building community with in-person events.  Our new family event had record-breaking attendance, and we also had strong turnouts at our events for Upper Division families and in the new Maker Wing. We brought…

THE MAGNIFICENT MAKERSPACE

This spring, Grade 4 teacher Eliza Botsford led students through an essay-writing unit. Students learned how to write an essay that was both structured and interesting to read. They developed claims for their essays that were personally meaningful, which inspired Grade 4 student Beata to write about her favorite place at Park – the Makerspace. She planned, gathered evidence, drafted, and published her essay, bringing it along to the SPARK…